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Officer injured when suspect hits police carA burglary suspect crashed into a police car Thursday night after he attempted to evade arrest at an In-N-Out Burger parking...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2017Last comment by AK, on Mar 17, 2017 at 10:31 pm | 14 comments | 6545 Views
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No one behind the wheel ... or in the carFor nearly three years, Mountain View residents have become accustomed to seeing self-driving cars zipping around town, but...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2017Last comment by Darin, on Mar 15, 2017 at 3:19 pm | 10 comments | 8864 Views
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California joins 5 states opposing travel banCalifornia on Monday joined Washington state and four other states in challenging President Donald Trump's revised ban restricting...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2017Last comment by Hope, on Mar 15, 2017 at 10:02 am | 10 comments | 4838 Views
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El Camino apartments win council approvalWhile a 204-unit apartment project off El Camino Real won unanimous support from the Mountain View City Council last week,...
Original post made on Mar. 10, 2017Last comment by YIMBY, on Mar 15, 2017 at 2:10 am | 7 comments | 6739 Views
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Former SF Supervisor tapped for Santa Clara County postFormer San Francisco Supervisor David Campos has been appointed to a position in Santa Clara County's government, county...
Original post made on Mar. 8, 2017Last comment by Bob, on Mar 13, 2017 at 4:11 pm | 2 comments | 5410 Views
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Broken arm leads to $1 million suit against cityThe City Council and city officials have decided to reject a $1 million claim against the city brought by a woman whose arm...
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2010Last comment by MarkT, on Mar 10, 2017 at 5:09 am | 11 comments | 6086 Views
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Tonight: Decision time for Google's futuristic campusIn what is likely to be its final review, the Mountain View City Council tonight will consider giving the go-ahead for the...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2017Last comment by Sean, on Mar 8, 2017 at 1:47 pm | 6 comments | 14783 Views
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Snapchat IPO brings windfall to St. Francis High SchoolIt was a day of celebration at St. Francis High School, after an early $15,000 investment in the popular messaging app Snapchat...
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2017Last comment by neighbor, on Mar 6, 2017 at 7:36 pm | 7 comments | 16789 Views
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Trump issues revised travel ban, revokes previous orderPresident Donald Trump on Monday signed a revised and scaled-down executive order banning entry to the United States by certain...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2017Last comment by citizen, on Mar 6, 2017 at 5:03 pm | 3 comments | 3995 Views
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Google researcher dies in Hayward motorcycle crashThe name of a motorcyclist who died in a crash late last month in Hayward was released Sunday by the Alameda County coroner....
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2017Last comment by BD, on Mar 6, 2017 at 12:02 pm | 1 comment | 5785 Views
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Mosquito fogging scheduled for tomorrow nightThe Santa Clara County Vector Control is scheduled to spray portions of Mountain View and Sunnyvale tomorrow night with a...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2014Last comment by DC, on Mar 5, 2017 at 1:13 am | 23 comments | 31304 Views
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Officials' private emails considered public records, state Supreme Court rulesIn a victory for public access to government records, the California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that local...
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Mar 4, 2017 at 4:15 pm | 3 comments | 5082 Views
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Wanted: More applicants for rent-control boardThe Mountain View City Council picked six top candidates for a committee to oversee the city's new rent-control law. But...
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 28, 2017 at 3:32 pm | 14 comments | 6696 Views
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Man arrested after one person stabbedA Palo Alto man was arrested Monday night in connection to a stabbing in Mountain View that wounded one person, according...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2017There are no comments yet. 8267 Views
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Council agrees, employees are overpaidA recent Civil Grand Jury report that slams local cities for overcompensating their employees was largely met with agreement...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2010Last comment by Gary, on Feb 26, 2017 at 11:08 am | 42 comments | 11898 Views
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Third Graham student in three weeks hit by carAfter three children were struck by cars while crossing Castro Street near Graham Middle School, community safety officials...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2012Last comment by ResidentSince1982, on Feb 25, 2017 at 3:58 pm | 7 comments | 5037 Views
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All-girls hackathon encourages careers in techAnika Bagga, a junior at Cupertino High School, attended several hackathon coding competitions during her high school career....
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2017Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Feb 25, 2017 at 11:11 am | 4 comments | 11144 Views
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East Whisman could become dense mix of housing, officesThe Mountain View City Council gave the go-ahead Tuesday to initial plans to develop the East Whisman area into a dense,...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2017Last comment by MV Resident, on Feb 24, 2017 at 7:32 pm | 18 comments | 10080 Views
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Forecast: Rainstorm dissipating, cooler weather aheadThe Bay Area is about to get a break from the heavy rains that battered the region Monday and caused major flooding in some...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2017Last comment by Me, on Feb 23, 2017 at 3:36 am | 2 comments | 3905 Views
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County prepares for major housing boomSanta Clara County is moving quickly on a strategy to build thousands of new homes for the county's low-income and homeless...
Original post made on Feb. 20, 2017Last comment by Jared Martin, on Feb 21, 2017 at 3:36 pm | 6 comments | 8383 Views
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